Hossein Mortezaeian Abkenar ( fa, حسین مرتضاییان آبکنار; born 1967) is an Iranian writer and screenwriter.
Life
Hossein Mortezaeian Abkenar was born in
Tehran. Abkenar received Bachelor of Arts in
performing arts
The performing arts are arts such as music, dance, and drama which are performed for an audience. They are different from the visual arts, which are the use of paint, canvas or various materials to create physical or static art objects. Perform ...
from
University of Tehran. During
Iran-Iraq war, he did his military service near border where affected his novel's atmosphere.
He was one of writers of the screenplay for the film
No One Knows about Persian Cats, directed by
Bahman Ghobadi and awarded the Special Jury Prize in the
Un Certain Regard section at the 2009
Cannes Film Festival.
Abkenar's books are banned from sale and publication in Iran.
Awards
His first novel, ''Scorpion on the Steps of Andimeshk Train Station, or Blood’s Dripping From This Train'', received the 2007
Hooshang Golshiri Literary Award The Hooshang Golshiri Literary Award is an Iranian literary award notable for being one of the few literary awards in Iran that is run by a non-governmental organization. Established in 2000, the award is sponsored by the non-profit Golshiri Founda ...
for 'Best First Novel',
and the Mehregan Award for the best novel of the year, as well as the Vaav Award for the year's most unique novel.
In September 2014, he was granted a fellowship by Black Mountain Institute at the
University of Nevada, Las Vegas where each fellow in the nine-month writing program .
Works
Books
* The Concert of Forbidden Tars
* The French Perfume
* Scorpion on the Steps of Andimeshk Train Station, or Blood's Dripping From This Train
Screenplay
*
No One Knows About Persian Cats
* Mandoo
Mandoo
at the IMDB
References
External links
Official Website
Rahman’s Story
Classmates: A Novel
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Living people
Writers from Tehran
Iranian male short story writers
Iranian male novelists
Iranian novelists
University of Tehran alumni
Iranian expatriates in the United States
Iranian screenwriters
Persian-language writers
1967 births